JerseyTomatoMDCrab BSN

med-surg, IMC, school nursing, NICU

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    Customer satisfaction callbacks

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder... Did management use surgi-lube on their hands before shoving them up your rear ends to treat you like puppets? This is
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    How much time off for Winter Break?

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    2 hour early dismissal on 12/23. No school 24th-1/3. Back at work 1/4. I am so excited. I haven't had a Christmas free of work (either the eve before or the day of) since nursing
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    Bedside report - hate it? Like it? Love it?

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Hated it. Took way too long. Sorry, but after a backbreaking 12 hours on the unit, the last thing I felt like doing was prolonging it by another 45 minutes before my hour long drive home. It's a job,...
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    Teacher disciplining student in your office

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    Here's some more info on the student: He's not a FF by any means. I have seen him once before, back in September, for a bathroom accident. He was wearing sweatpants with the drawstring wayyyyy too...
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    Should I take the HUGE paycut to switch from ICU to a clinic?

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to nirali.karsaliya's topic in General Nursing

    Peacock has taken up residence in my brain because I couldn't have said it better myself. I took a huge pay cut when I moved to where I currently live and then another pay cut when I left my hospital...
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    Compassionate Connected Care (C3)

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to calivianya's topic in General Nursing

    "Is there anything I can get for you? I have the time!" (lying to patients is encouraged now. I don't even have time to pee) "Thank you for calling Med-Surg floor! How can I make your day better?"...
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    Is it Friday Yet?

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    I was up very late because Casa del Tomato has a noisy raccoon squatter in the attic. That bum hasn't offered to help with the mortgage and was basically tap dancing on my ceiling all night. A parent...
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    Frustration with office staff

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to zombieghoast's topic in School

    Yeah, because she didn't have to wait 30 minutes to be seen by a professional. This is absurd. I really can't get over how everyone is a medical expert "That kid is sick" "He looks like he has a...
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    National Certification for School Nursing NCSN-I passed!

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to shsnurse's topic in School

    This is so exciting! Congratulations! I'm not sure if it comes with a raise or not here in MD. It's definitely something I want to consider in case I ever move back to NJ or a state where...
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    General Noise Discussion

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Day:
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    General Noise Discussion

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Nurse is needed to JerseyTomato's office for incontinence cleanup. This thread is making me pee my pants with
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    New grad job FLOAT to 13 floors! Qs for medsurg nurses!

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to nurse1990's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Well, I will tell you what I DON'T suggest. I certainly don't think you should sneak a few IV start kits and 22g angios home in your pocket. You absolutely shouldn't practice on your family and...
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    Anyone decorating today??

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    I hope you are vomit free for 24 hours before returning to school! And did you have a responsible adult come get you and sign you out at the front desk? I decorated my office yesterday and am doing my...
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    Farawyn!

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    I am the OP and I am more than happy to have Far and her eye candy avatar representing my writing. My avatar is Bruce Springsteen and I am guessing whoever posted to FB didn't want the world to think...
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    Love-Hate relationship with Teachers

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    No hate from me! This was a simple ponytail, nothing the student couldn't have undone herself at her age. I wasn't terribly busy when she came in, I just can't help but be baffled at the silly tasks...
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    what do the students call you?

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in School

    I would have preferred "Miss First Name" because, like other posters have lamented, my last name is difficult to say and even harder to spell. My predecessor, however, went by her last name and admin...
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    Love-Hate relationship with Teachers

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    A teacher just sent me a student because her ponytail is too tight. I
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    Where did you start working right after getting your RN license?

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Med-surg. Small teaching hospital. Night shift. Moved up to an IMC about a year later. I loved that job so
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    I feel nursing is more of a calling than anything else

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to Tarrus Eliuds's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I like being a nurse. I love my job and I am good at it. But the only call I got was from HR saying they offered me my first position. I don't think nursing is a calling because, to me, a calling...
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    Full time working moms - how do you manage it?

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Totally unrelated... Far, I am always taken aback when you mention when your kids were little or how long you have been working because in my mind's eye, you look exactly like your avatar. Your avatar...
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    Students with Psych Issues

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    My school has a behavioral/emotional disturbance class so we have lots of resources for the kids with these issues. I never have to handle restraints or seclusion issues, usually I just check them out...
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    Where will I have the least amount of contact with men?

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to nightflower's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Uh. What. I find a big difference between "having a passion for women's health" and "not wanting to work around men." That's like saying being a feminist means you hate men. Having a passion for...
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    Circumstances it's OK to quit without notice??

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to Cola89's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Burning bridges, as PPs have said so well, is such a tricky and dangerous thing to do. You have NO idea who is talking with whom. This could bite you in the hiney. I know you have a new job lined up...
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    What do you eat in the morning?

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    mindofmidwifery- NO! I tried it. The steel cut oats have too much of the husk or whatever it's called on them and cannot absorb the liquid. They remain pretty hard and crunchy. Not the texture we are...
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    What do you eat in the morning?

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I will ALWAYS contribute to a post about food! When I worked in the hospital, I woke up around 5:15 and was in the car by 5:50. I was never hungry in that time period so a grab-and-go breakfast...